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after having my letter mostly written I found that I could buy this sheat [sheet] for five cents and it being a view of our camp I thought it would Do you more good to have it than any thing else, it being the first letter that I send you from hear. I wish you would keep it untill I return if ever I do the House in the center is hed quarters, those on the sides are baracks for Soldiers it is a beautiful place one that General Fremont took from the rebbels [rebels] and fitted it up thare [there] is about twenty thousand with in about fore mildes of hear and expect about twenty fiv thousand more soon. St. Louis is a vary large plase I was Disapinted [Disappointed] in it. There are a greate many more botes hear than I ever see in my life before and that is not a few you know. Butt I shall hafto [half to] begin to [?] or I will have none[?] I convinced before breakfast to write to you them if I fall then if I fail to write all I will try again wal I guess you all know that we started from the Rappids the 14 of November 1861 but you dont know I felt when I saw you at Lowel joined hand in hand

after having my letter mostly written I found that I could buy this sheat [sheet] for five cents and it being a view of our camp I thought it would Do you more good to have it than any thing else, it being the first letter that I send you from hear. I wish you would keep it untill I return if ever I do the House in the center is hed quarters, those on the sides are baracks for Soldiers it is a beautiful place one that General Fremont took from the rebbels [rebels] and fitted it up thare [there] is about twenty thousand with in about fore mildes of hear and expect about twenty fiv thousand more soon. St. Louis is a vary large plase I was Disapinted [Disappointed] in it. There are a greate many more botes hear than I ever see in my life before and that is not a few you know. Butt I shall hafto [half to] begin to [?] or I will have none[?] I convinced before breakfast to write to you them if I fall then if I fail to write all I will try again wal I guess you all know that we started from the Rappids the 14 of November 1861 but you dont know I felt when I saw you at Lowel joined hand in hand